Queensland Consolidated Acts

PEST MANAGEMENT ACT 2001 - SECT 5A

(1) A fumigant is a substance that—

(a) is capable of producing a gas or vapour; and

(b) is ordinarily used to do any of the following when in a gaseous or vaporous state—

(i) kill a pest;

(ii) sterilise grain or seed to prevent germination;

(iii) perform another function prescribed under a regulation for this subparagraph.

(2) However, a substance is not a fumigant if it is—

(a) ordinarily used for household use; and

(b) ordinarily available for purchase in a retail store where groceries are sold; and

(c) packaged in a way it is ordinarily available for purchase in a store mentioned in paragraph (b).

Example of a substance for subsection (2)—

naphthalene packaged as mothballs